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Robert Grenier Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft5k4005j1 No online items Guide to the Robert Grenier Papers Special Collections staff Department of Special Collections Green Library Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022 Email: [email protected] URL: http:/library/stanford.edu/spc/ © 2008 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Guide to the Robert Grenier M1082 1 Papers Guide to the Robert Grenier Papers Collection number: M1082 Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, California Processed by: Special Collections staff Date Completed: 2001 Encoded by: Michael G. Olson and Bill O'Hanlon © 2008 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Robert Grenier papers Dates: 1941-1999 Collection number: M1082 Creator: Grenier, Robert 1941- Collection Size: 54 linear feet Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Abstract: Includes notebooks, 1968-1989; correspondence, 1948-1999; manuscripts by others, 1950-1999; Grenier's youth, 1941-1965; lectures, 1981-1998; critical writings, 1960-1998; poetry manuscripts, 1966-1998; book manuscripts, 1967-1997; files on works, 1971-1997; journal articles, 1959-1998; color slides (1,285) of "Rhymms" project; and signed copies of published works, 1967-1998. Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Access Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use. Publication Rights Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections. Preferred Citation Robert Grenier papers, M1082. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Acquisition Information Purchased, 1999. Accession 1999-174 Scope and Content of Collection Includes notebooks, 1968-1994; correspondence, 1948-1999; manuscripts by others, 1950-1999; Grenier's youth, 1941-1965; lectures, 1981-1998; critical writings, 1960-1998; poetry manuscripts, 1966-1998; book manuscripts, 1967-1997; histories of making/production of five Grenier works, 1971-1997; journal articles, 1959-1998; color slides (1,285) of "rhymms" project; signed copies of published works, 1967-1998; "rhymms" teaching materials, 1968-1992; and audiotapes of poets reading their works from Grenier's collection, 1958-1974. This electronic finding aid has been derived from a paper finding aid by Robert Grenier. All stylistic errors in this finding aid result from the inability of encoding to accurately represent the structure of Robert Grenier's original finding aid and are not the work of the author. Access Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. American literature--20th century. Guide to the Robert Grenier M1082 2 Papers Series I. Robert Grenier Notebooks 1968 Oct - 1994 June Subseries 1. RG Notebooks from Preliminary Inventory Series I. Robert Grenier Notebooks 1968 Oct - 1994 June Scope and Contents Note RG's Notebooks date from 1968 through 1994 and are divided into two subseries. Subseries 1 is a listing of RG's Notebooks from 1968-1989 and consists of 87 individual notebooks. Subseries 2 is a supplementary inventory of RG Notebooks dating from 1989-1994 (see Series I, Subseries 2 for a more detailed description). In general the Notebooks are identified by label (to the best of RG's ability, by internal references and occasional explicit dates) by date of composition, period of RG's writing and place of composition (e.g. "September 1972, Sentences period, Franconia, NH"). Notebooks are of varying sizes, with those of 150 sheets, 5 1/2" by 9 1/2" being most common. Notebooks are commonly filled on both sides of the sheets and for the most part contain RG's poems and occasional critical writings. There are some drawings and collaborative ventures by various hands (e.g. Anselm Hollo, John Bátki). The Notebooks listed in Subseries 1 are usually written in ink of one color those listed in Subseries 2 are commonly written in green, blue, black and red ink. Subseries 1. RG Notebooks from Preliminary Inventory Box 001 A. October 1968 - September 1972 Physical Description: (26 notebooks) Box 002 B. September 1972 - October 1977 Physical Description: (31 notebooks) Box 003 C. December 1977 - March 1989 Physical Description: (30 notebooks) Subseries 2. RG Notebooks from Supplementary Inventory1989 Sept - 1994 June Scope and Content Note The first of ten (5 1/2" by 8 1/2") notebooks from RG's ongoing color holograph drawing poem project, "rhymms", dated/chronologized and counted (by pages of text ("pp.")) Box 030 A. Notebook 1 September 1989 - January 1990 Scope and Content Note Written in Berkeley, northern Minnesota & Bolinas, CA (RG moved to Bolinas in September 1989) , containing poems in Minnesota (0 Books, 1991, see Preliminary Inventory, section XII.O.) & RG's first color drawing poems (155 pp. total) Box 030 B. Notebook 2 February 1990 - August 1990 Scope and Content Note Written in Bolinas (211 pp. total) Box 030 C. Notebook 3 September 1990 - January 1991 Scope and Content Note Written in Bolinas (131 pp. total) Box 030 D. Notebook 4 February 1991 - June 1991 Scope and Content Note Written in Bolinas, containing title image reproduced on green r h y m m s box cover & red tracing of RG's right hand designed for inside r h y m m s box back cover & other poems (178 pp. total) Guide to the Robert Grenier M1082 3 Papers Series I. Robert Grenier Notebooks 1968 Oct - 1994 June Subseries 2. RG Notebooks from Supplementary Inventory1989 Sept - 1994 June Box 030 E. Notebook 5 July 1991 - March 1992 Scope and Content Note Written in Bolinas (198 pp. total) Box 030 F. Notebook 6 April 1992 - September 1992 Scope and Content Note Written in Bolinas (148 pp. total) Box 030 G. Notebook 7 October 1992 - February 1993 Scope and Content Note Written in Bolinas (112 pp. total) Box 030 H. Notebook 8 March 1993 - July 1993 Scope and Content Note Written in Bolinas, containing "BJELDANES SERIES" (see Preliminary Inventory, sections VI.C.16. & X.BC.) & other poems (217 pp. total) Box 030 I. Notebook 9 August 1993 - January 1994 Scope and Content Note Written in Bolinas (229 pp. total) Box 030 J. Notebook 10 February 1994 - June 1994 Scope and Content Note Written in Bolinas, containing poems in :that:, No. 24 (August 1994) (see Preliminary Inventory, section VIII.W.) & other poems (143 pp. total) Series II. Literary Correspondence/Family Correspondence 1948 - 1999 Physical Description: RG alphabetized by author, dated/chronologized and counted (by letters & postcards) in folders. 4½ boxes. Literary Correspondence Box 004 ADNAN, ETEL Physical Description: - 7 letters and 2 postcards 1994 - 1999- print-out of EA's "To Write in a Foreign Language" Box 004 ALFRED, WILLIAM Physical Description: - 1 letter 1977 June 8 Box 004 ANDREWS, BRUCE Physical Description: - 10 letters, 3 postcards 1977 - 1989- 3 letters, RG to BA (xeroxes) 1987 Box 005 BATKI, JOHN Physical Description: - approx. 76 letters and 2 postcards 1978 - 1998- various mss. - various drawings and collages Box 004 BECKETT, TOM Physical Description: - 11 letters and 3 postcards 1981 - 1988- 1 letter RG to TB (xerox) 1986 Nov 24 Box 004 BELTRAMETTI, FRANCO Physical Description: - 2 letters and 1 postcard 1991 - 1992 Guide to the Robert Grenier M1082 4 Papers Series II. Literary Correspondence/Family Correspondence 1948 - 1999 Literary Correspondence Box 004 BENSON, STEVE Physical Description: - 3 letters and 1 postcard 1984 - 1996 Box 004 BERNSTEIN, CHARLES Physical Description: - 23 letters and 15 postcards 1977 - 1996- 3 letters RG to CB 1984 - 1988 Box 004 BIELEFELDT, CARL Physical Description: - 2 letters 1962- 3 letters to Marie Rexroth 1962 - 1968 Box 004 BOTSTEIN, LEON Physical Description: - 1 letter 1977 Box 004 BROMIGE, DAVID Physical Description: - 11 letters and 5 postcards 1982 - 1995- 1 letter, RG to DB (xerox) 1984 Box 004 BYRD, DON Physical Description: - 2 letters and 2 postcards 1985 - 1995 Box 004 CAIRNIE, GORDON Physical Description: - 1 postcard 1970 Box 004 CODRESCU, ANDREI Physical Description: - 1 letter 1987 Box 004 COOLIDGE, CLARK Physical Description: - 9 letters and 1 postcard1971 - 1977 Box 004 COLLOM, JACK Physical Description: - 1 letter and 3 postcards 1992 - 1994 Box 004 CREELEY, ROBERT Physical Description: - 46 letters and 40 postcards 1962 - 1998 Box 004 DALEY, JOHN Physical Description: - 4 letters and 8 postcards 1982 - 1997 Box 004 DAVIDSON, MICHAEL Physical Description: - 2 letters and 2 postcards 1986 - 1995 Box 004 DIGNAZIO, STEPHEN Physical Description: - 3 letters and 4 postcards 1993 - 1996 Box 004 DORN, EDWARD Physical Description: - 1 letter 1971 Box 004 DRUCKER, JOHANNA Physical Description: - 2 letters 1980 - 1988 Box 004 EIGNER, LARRY Physical Description: - 4 letters and 5 postcards 1976 - 1978 Guide to the Robert Grenier M1082 5 Papers Series II. Literary Correspondence/Family Correspondence 1948 - 1999 Literary Correspondence Box 004 FATTAL, SIMONE Physical Description: - 2 letters and 7 postcards 1997 - 1998 Box 004 FAVILLE, CURTIS Physical Description: - 6 letters and 2 postcards 1970 - 1985 Box 004 FISCHER, NORMAN Physical Description: - 2 letters 1977 Box 004 FRUMKIN, KATHLEEN
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